Kategoria BISAC: Travel >> Middle East - Israel

For centuries travelers have been drawn to the stunning and mysterious Dead Sea and Jordan River, a region which is unlike any other on earth in its religious and historical significance. In this exceptionally engaging and readable book, Barbara Kreiger chronicles the natural and human history of these storied bodies of water, drawing on accounts by travelers, pilgrims, and explorers from ancient times to the present. She conveys the blend of spiritual, touristic, and scientific motivations that have driven exploration and describes the modern exploitation of the lake and the surrounding...

For centuries travelers have been drawn to the stunning and mysterious Dead Sea and Jordan River, a region which is unlike any other on earth in its religious and historical significance. In this exceptionally engaging and readable book, Barbara Kreiger chronicles the natural and human history of these storied bodies of water, drawing on accounts by travelers, pilgrims, and explorers from ancient times to the present. She conveys the blend of spiritual, touristic, and scientific motivations that have driven exploration and describes the modern exploitation of the lake and the surrounding...

Have you always wanted to learn how to speak the Palestinian Arabic Dialect but simply didn't have the time?

Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary method that was ever designed for quickly becoming conversational in a language. In creating this time-saving program, master linguist Yatir Nitzany spent years examining the twenty-seven most common languages in the world and distilling from them the three...

THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY ARABIC LETTERS ALL ARABIC WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION

The State of Israel has two official languages, Hebrew and Arabic. Israel's Arab minority consists of roughly 21 percent of its population, most of whom are fluent in the Hebrew language; however, all speak Arabic as well. The spoken Arabic of Israel is considered a Palestinian...

In The Holy Land for Christian Travelers, John A. Beck provides a guide to the Holy Land for Christians with explanations of the biblical significance of important...

Israelis Drive Anything is a book of photos of Israelis driving anything they can find or make. "I do not know why or how these vehicles exist," says IDA creator Nate Fish. "I could tell you it's because cars are expensive in Israel, or chalk it up to mental illness, but it's more than that. It's probably best to just show you the images and let you figure it out yourself." Israelis Drive Anything includes selections from over 500 original images and captions. It is a blend of sociology and sarcasm. The simple format is reminscient in tone and style of Vice...

Learning to read a language with a foreign alphabet can be an intimidating challenge. Even before you can start to study the vocabulary and grammar, you must first decipher this strange new script.

But learning a new alphabet does not have to be so difficult.

Other language courses start by showing a table of the alphabet and then immediately proceed to dialogues and grammatical descriptions. This is not the ideal way to teach a foreign alphabet, and this approach causes many students to get frustrated and give up before they start.

Instead of...